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2012 Formula 1 Airtel Indian Grand Prix · race

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THE HISTORICAL RECORD

Profile & context

Name: 2012 Formula 1 Airtel Indian Grand Prix · race

PROVENANCE

Sources behind this page

F1DB

v2026.17.0 · session/875-race

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Historical source & scope

F1DB v2026.17.0 · CC BY 4.0. Normalisation, links and calculations by MotorPedia. Original source observations retained.

Source-reported facts are not independent historical confirmation. Missing times and points remain unknown; source-rounded points retain their published precision. Constructor, entrant and team identities are kept distinct.

Grand Prix context

2012 Formula 1 Airtel Indian Grand Prix · Buddh International Circuit

Technical formula: Formula 1. World Championship membership is separate from technical regulations.

2012 Formula 1 World Championship · round 17

Race classification

Source participant rows: shared cars and nonstarters retained
Position	Driver	Constructor	Recorded details	Points
1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull	1:31:10.744 · 60 laps · renault	25
2	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	1:31:20.181 · 60 laps · ferrari	18
3	Mark Webber	Red Bull	1:31:23.961 · 60 laps · renault	15
4	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	1:31:24.653 · 60 laps · mercedes	12
5	Jenson Button	McLaren	1:31:37.010 · 60 laps · mercedes	10
6	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1:31:55.418 · 60 laps · ferrari	8
7	Kimi Räikkönen	Lotus	1:31:55.971 · 60 laps · renault	6
8	Nico Hülkenberg	Force India	1:32:05.742 · 60 laps · mercedes	4
9	Romain Grosjean	Lotus	1:32:06.847 · 60 laps · renault	2
10	Bruno Senna	Williams	1:32:25.719 · 60 laps · renault	1
11	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1:32:32.438 · 60 laps · mercedes	Unknown / not applicable
12	Paul di Resta	Force India	1:32:33.559 · 60 laps · mercedes	Unknown / not applicable
13	Daniel Ricciardo	Toro Rosso	1:32:36.808 · 60 laps · ferrari	Unknown / not applicable
14	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	1:32:37.239 · 60 laps · ferrari	Unknown / not applicable
15	Jean-Éric Vergne	Toro Rosso	Time not recorded · 59 laps · ferrari	Unknown / not applicable
16	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	Time not recorded · 59 laps · renault	Unknown / not applicable
17	Vitaly Petrov	Caterham	Time not recorded · 59 laps · renault	Unknown / not applicable
18	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham	Time not recorded · 59 laps · renault	Unknown / not applicable
19	Charles Pic	Marussia	Time not recorded · 59 laps · cosworth	Unknown / not applicable
20	Timo Glock	Marussia	Time not recorded · 58 laps · cosworth	Unknown / not applicable
21	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT	Time not recorded · 58 laps · cosworth	Unknown / not applicable
22	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	Gearbox · Time not recorded · 55 laps · mercedes	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Pedro de la Rosa	HRT	Brakes · Time not recorded · 42 laps · cosworth	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Sergio Pérez	Sauber	Collision damage · Time not recorded · 20 laps · ferrari	Unknown / not applicable

Qualifying

Recorded qualifying order; Q1/Q2/Q3 and earlier formats remain distinct in original evidence
Position	Driver	Constructor	Recorded details
1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull	Q1 1:26.387 · 13 laps · renault
2	Mark Webber	Red Bull	Q1 1:26.744 · 17 laps · renault
3	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	Q1 1:26.516 · 23 laps · mercedes
4	Jenson Button	McLaren	Q1 1:26.564 · 21 laps · mercedes
5	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	Q1 1:26.829 · 21 laps · ferrari
6	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	Q1 1:26.939 · 18 laps · ferrari
7	Kimi Räikkönen	Lotus	Q1 1:26.740 · 25 laps · renault
8	Sergio Pérez	Sauber	Q1 1:27.179 · 23 laps · ferrari
9	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	Q1 1:26.048 · 24 laps · renault
10	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	Q1 1:26.458 · 23 laps · mercedes
11	Romain Grosjean	Lotus	Q1 1:26.897 · 16 laps · renault
12	Nico Hülkenberg	Force India	Q1 1:27.185 · 20 laps · mercedes
13	Bruno Senna	Williams	Q1 1:26.851 · 19 laps · renault
14	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	Q1 1:27.482 · 19 laps · mercedes
15	Daniel Ricciardo	Toro Rosso	Q1 1:27.006 · 19 laps · ferrari
16	Paul di Resta	Force India	Q1 1:27.462 · 19 laps · mercedes
17	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	Q1 1:27.517 · 17 laps · ferrari
18	Jean-Éric Vergne	Toro Rosso	Q1 1:27.525 · 11 laps · ferrari
19	Vitaly Petrov	Caterham	Q1 1:28.756 · 10 laps · renault
20	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham	Q1 1:29.500 · 10 laps · renault
21	Timo Glock	Marussia	Q1 1:29.613 · 11 laps · cosworth
22	Pedro de la Rosa	HRT	Q1 1:30.592 · 8 laps · cosworth
23	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT	Q1 1:30.593 · 10 laps · cosworth
24	Charles Pic	Marussia	Q1 1:30.662 · 11 laps · cosworth

Starting grid

Recorded grid; pole awards are not inferred from starting position
Position	Driver	Constructor	Recorded details
1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull	1:25.283 · renault
2	Mark Webber	Red Bull	1:25.327 · renault
3	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	1:25.544 · mercedes
4	Jenson Button	McLaren	1:25.659 · mercedes
5	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	1:25.773 · ferrari
6	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1:25.857 · ferrari
7	Kimi Räikkönen	Lotus	1:26.236 · renault
8	Sergio Pérez	Sauber	1:26.360 · ferrari
9	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	1:26.713 · renault
10	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	Time not recorded · mercedes
11	Romain Grosjean	Lotus	1:26.136 · renault
12	Nico Hülkenberg	Force India	1:26.241 · mercedes
13	Bruno Senna	Williams	1:26.331 · renault
14	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	1:26.574 · mercedes
15	Daniel Ricciardo	Toro Rosso	1:26.777 · ferrari
16	Paul di Resta	Force India	1:26.989 · mercedes
17	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	1:27.219 · ferrari
18	Jean-Éric Vergne	Toro Rosso	1:27.525 · ferrari
19	Vitaly Petrov	Caterham	1:28.756 · renault
20	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham	1:29.500 · renault
21	Timo Glock	Marussia	1:29.613 · cosworth
22	Pedro de la Rosa	HRT	1:30.592 · cosworth
23	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT	1:30.593 · cosworth
24	Charles Pic	Marussia	1:30.662 · cosworth

Championship progression

Driver standings after this championship round
Position	Driver	Constructor	Recorded details	Points
1	Sebastian Vettel	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	240
2	Fernando Alonso	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	227
3	Kimi Räikkönen	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	173
4	Mark Webber	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	167
5	Lewis Hamilton	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	165
6	Jenson Button	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	141
7	Nico Rosberg	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	93
8	Romain Grosjean	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	90
9	Felipe Massa	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	89
10	Sergio Pérez	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	66
11	Kamui Kobayashi	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	50
12	Nico Hülkenberg	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	49
13	Paul di Resta	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	44
14	Michael Schumacher	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	43
15	Pastor Maldonado	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	33
16	Bruno Senna	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	26
17	Jean-Éric Vergne	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	12
18	Daniel Ricciardo	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	9
19	Timo Glock	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	0
20	Heikki Kovalainen	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	0
21	Vitaly Petrov	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	0
22	Jérôme d'Ambrosio	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	0
23	Charles Pic	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	0
24	Narain Karthikeyan	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	0
25	Pedro de la Rosa	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	0

Practice & warm-up observations

Original F1DB session observations; bounded to 120 rows. Missing times remain unknown. Not qualifying or race classifications.

Session	Driver	Position	Time
freePractice1Results	Sebastian Vettel	1	1:27.619
freePractice1Results	Jenson Button	2	1:27.929
freePractice1Results	Fernando Alonso	3	1:28.044
freePractice1Results	Lewis Hamilton	4	1:28.046
freePractice1Results	Mark Webber	5	1:28.175
freePractice1Results	Nico Rosberg	6	1:28.447
freePractice1Results	Felipe Massa	7	1:28.542
freePractice1Results	Michael Schumacher	8	1:28.993
freePractice1Results	Daniel Ricciardo	9	1:29.204
freePractice1Results	Kimi Räikkönen	10	1:29.291
freePractice1Results	Valtteri Bottas	11	1:29.691
freePractice1Results	Paul di Resta	12	1:29.760
freePractice1Results	Kamui Kobayashi	13	1:29.802
freePractice1Results	Nico Hülkenberg	14	1:29.850
freePractice1Results	Romain Grosjean	15	1:29.895
freePractice1Results	Pastor Maldonado	16	1:30.041
freePractice1Results	Jean-Éric Vergne	17	1:30.401
freePractice1Results	Vitaly Petrov	18	1:30.630
freePractice1Results	Giedo van der Garde	19	1:30.896
freePractice1Results	Esteban Gutiérrez	20	1:31.212
freePractice1Results	Charles Pic	21	1:31.903
freePractice1Results	Narain Karthikeyan	22	1:32.125
freePractice1Results	Timo Glock	23	1:32.369
freePractice1Results	Pedro de la Rosa	24	1:32.859
freePractice2Results	Sebastian Vettel	1	1:26.221
freePractice2Results	Mark Webber	2	1:26.339
freePractice2Results	Fernando Alonso	3	1:26.820
freePractice2Results	Nico Rosberg	4	1:27.022
freePractice2Results	Kimi Räikkönen	5	1:27.030
freePractice2Results	Lewis Hamilton	6	1:27.131
freePractice2Results	Jenson Button	7	1:27.182
freePractice2Results	Nico Hülkenberg	8	1:27.233
freePractice2Results	Romain Grosjean	9	1:27.397
freePractice2Results	Bruno Senna	10	1:27.738
freePractice2Results	Paul di Resta	11	1:28.004
freePractice2Results	Sergio Pérez	12	1:28.178
freePractice2Results	Michael Schumacher	13	1:28.222
freePractice2Results	Daniel Ricciardo	14	1:28.239
freePractice2Results	Felipe Massa	15	1:28.296
freePractice2Results	Kamui Kobayashi	16	1:28.455
freePractice2Results	Pastor Maldonado	17	1:28.596
freePractice2Results	Jean-Éric Vergne	18	1:29.167
freePractice2Results	Heikki Kovalainen	19	1:29.320
freePractice2Results	Vitaly Petrov	20	1:29.606
freePractice2Results	Pedro de la Rosa	21	1:30.950
freePractice2Results	Timo Glock	22	1:31.113
freePractice2Results	Narain Karthikeyan	23	1:31.372
freePractice2Results	Charles Pic	24	1:31.493
freePractice3Results	Sebastian Vettel	1	1:25.842
freePractice3Results	Jenson Button	2	1:26.034
freePractice3Results	Mark Webber	3	1:26.108
freePractice3Results	Lewis Hamilton	4	1:26.151
freePractice3Results	Kimi Räikkönen	5	1:26.209
freePractice3Results	Bruno Senna	6	1:26.214
freePractice3Results	Fernando Alonso	7	1:26.521
freePractice3Results	Nico Hülkenberg	8	1:26.531
freePractice3Results	Michael Schumacher	9	1:26.652
freePractice3Results	Romain Grosjean	10	1:26.664
freePractice3Results	Felipe Massa	11	1:26.691
freePractice3Results	Pastor Maldonado	12	1:27.140
freePractice3Results	Sergio Pérez	13	1:27.162
freePractice3Results	Paul di Resta	14	1:27.193
freePractice3Results	Nico Rosberg	15	1:27.229
freePractice3Results	Daniel Ricciardo	16	1:27.374
freePractice3Results	Jean-Éric Vergne	17	1:27.711
freePractice3Results	Kamui Kobayashi	18	1:27.983
freePractice3Results	Heikki Kovalainen	19	1:29.035
freePractice3Results	Vitaly Petrov	20	1:29.237
freePractice3Results	Timo Glock	21	1:29.617
freePractice3Results	Charles Pic	22	1:30.298
freePractice3Results	Narain Karthikeyan	23	1:30.824
freePractice3Results	Pedro de la Rosa	24	1:30.873

Recorded pit stops

F1DB source observations, bounded to 120 rows; coverage is not independently exhaustive.

Driver	Stop	Lap	Time
Jean-Éric Vergne	1	1	25.097
Michael Schumacher	1	1	25.036
Sergio Pérez	1	14	21.336
Sergio Pérez	2	19	24.508
Jenson Button	1	25	21.509
Bruno Senna	1	26	22.047
Narain Karthikeyan	1	26	24.544
Kimi Räikkönen	1	27	21.404
Nico Rosberg	1	27	21.490
Pastor Maldonado	1	27	22.003
Daniel Ricciardo	1	27	22.637
Felipe Massa	1	28	21.100
Nico Hülkenberg	1	28	21.654
Paul di Resta	1	28	23.948
Charles Pic	1	28	22.692
Fernando Alonso	1	29	20.800
Mark Webber	1	30	20.808
Pastor Maldonado	2	30	28.053
Vitaly Petrov	1	31	22.445
Timo Glock	1	31	27.303
Lewis Hamilton	1	32	20.852
Heikki Kovalainen	1	32	22.967
Sebastian Vettel	1	33	20.707
Pedro de la Rosa	1	32	23.830
Jean-Éric Vergne	2	33	21.658
Michael Schumacher	2	33	21.322
Romain Grosjean	1	36	20.976
Kamui Kobayashi	1	36	22.726